Everyone dreads hearing from their dentist that they will need a root canal. Thankfully, advancements in the area have made the root canal procedure much less painful and much quicker.

This is manageable if you have access to an experienced endodontist, but a potential ... followed by filling the root canal to prevent reinfection. Teeth are cleaned via a combination of topical ...

According to Dr Benjamin Simiyu, an endodontist, the treatment is done to eliminate bacteria from the infected root canal, prevent reinfection of the tooth and save the natural tooth. He says ...

A root canal is when the internal part of the tooth is infected, the nerve has died, or it's painful. We make a small opening on either the chewing surface of a back tooth or the back side of a ...